Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2004. Graduate Programme in Kinesiology and Health Science. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-101). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url%5Fver=Z39.88-2004&res%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss&rft%5Fval%5Ffmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss:MQ99325

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2008. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 59 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-32).

Thesis (B.A.)--Haverford College, Dept. of Psychology, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Lancaster Bible College, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53).

Thesis (M.A.)--Lancaster Bible College, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53).

Thesis (M.A.)--Lancaster Bible College, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Education. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2004. / "A dissertation in counseling psychology." Advisor: Alan G. Glaros. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed May 30, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-177 ). Online version of the print edition.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2009. / Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 26, 2009) Includes tables and questionnaires. Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine. Degree awarded 2009; thesis submitted 2008. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.

This thesis deals with a potential interaction between the vestibular system and the phenomenon of central pain.  I provide behavioural and magnetoencephalographic (MEG) evidence that cold caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS) can alleviate central pain in some sufferers. I argue that activation of the parieto-insular vestibular cortex (PIVC) in central pain patients can act via the parabrachial nucleus in the brainstem to rebalance the integration of thermosensory input and suppress the perception of pain at the anterior cingulated cortex (ACC).  This is consistent with the thermosensory disinhibition hypothesis, which proposes that central pain is a thermoregulatory disorder which results from the loss of the central inhibition of pain by cooling.  I go on to propose that the PIVC and anatomically adjacent interoceptive cortex in the dorsal posterior insula (dpIns) share a number of similarities and that PIVC is best viewed as part of a wider interoceptive system. Based on the MEG data I suggest that low threshold C mechanoceptors may play a role in tactile allodynia in central pain.  I also use the MEG data to propose that the disruption of interoceptive input to the dpIns could lead to tactile afferents priming the primary motor cortex to respond more rapidly to subsequent ACC activation.  This effect may be mediated via a corollary branch of interoceptive input that runs not to the dpIns but to the fundus of the central sulcus. The final chapter contains additional research into the issue of body image, via investigations into apotemnophilia.  I provide MEG and other evidence suggesting that it is a disorder of the right parietal lobe.  I then propose a neurological explanation for a condition previously thought to be entirely psychological.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-71). Also available on the Internet.